Texas level with St Louis in World Series finals

Elvis Andrus (L) and Adrian Beltre of the Texas Rangers celebrate after taking a 2-1 lead in Game Two of the MLB World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals (Rob Carr / Getty Images / AFP) / AFP

The Texas Rangers have managed to steal the second game of the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals on the road.

­The Cardinals got to the big dance by doing things differently from their rivals. The seventh inning of this game, however, proved a virtual repeat of the opener.

Pinch-hitter Allen Craig firing a RBI single to open scoring, giving the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.

The Rangers were determined to re-write the ending to this one though, with Josh Hamilton tying the game at 1-1 before a Michael Young sacrifice fly made it 2-1.

And that proved to be the final score, as last year's runners-up changed the complexion of the finals series.

"That was huge, huge that we pulled this out. Going down 2-0 in a series, obviously if you're that team that's down 2-0, you don't want to look at statistics from the past,” David Murphy, Texas outfielder, told ESPN. “But I think the past will tell you that most teams that get out to that 2-0 lead will win the series.”